Whole vs. entire - English Language Usage Stack Exchange I wonder if there is a difference between the words quot;whole quot; and quot;entire quot; For example, the following sentences: I spent my whole life waiting for you I spent my entire life wa
Use of the word entire - English Language Usage Stack Exchange Why should I use the words "entire group of boys" instead of "entire boys" I know the first one is correct but can't explain why other than it sounds right I need to explain why as part of a paper
Meaning of the proverb: No man is an island entire of itself Ok, first of all, "No man is an Island, entire on itself" is not a proverb! It is a poem by John Donne, follow this link for the full poem Secondly, what you are asking about is a "Quote", when you take a small part of a speech or text and use it to emphasize a point fact or convey a message, it is called a quote In the case of your question John Donne's poem ' No Man is an Island ' What
the correct term for the killing of an entire species I wanted to supplement user282290's answer by noting some alternative forms that are also in use: specicide In 2003, the New York Times published the opinion piece "A Bug's Death", by Olivia Judson, which uses the term "specicide" and defines it as "the deliberate extinction of an entire species" (The phrase "deliberate extinction" also works as a less neologistic term for this ) speciescide
Word for killing off or attempting to kill off an entire bloodline? We have the word 'genocide' for killing off an entire race, and plenty of words for killing people based on how they are related to you (fratricide, filicide, et al ), but looking over the "cide" words on The Phrontistery and the List of types of killing on Wikipedia, I couldn't find a term for systematically killing an entire bloodline
On using a modifier with a (comma-separated) list is intended to modify each element of the list Further, in general, is there a way to deduce from grammatical construction (perhaps, additional commas), and not simply context intuition, whether a modifier at the end of a list modifies the entire list or simply the last element? Thanks for your insight